6. Dresses
"What are they doing?" Katarina asked. She, Flora and Emmy were sitting in their shared bedroom.
"The professor is holding a dinner and dance and the men in this house are drawing their dance partners," Emmy explained.
"Draw? As in, drawing names?"
"Yeah, I know. They should just be man enough to ask us to dance anyway," Emmy snorted.
"But… I don't even know how to dance. I don't have anything to wear anyway."
"That can be solved easily. I have some extra dresses and Flora's great with ballroom dancing."
"I don't know. I really don't want to go. I'm sure the professor will understand." Katarina said, hesitantly.
"Oh no you don't. You have to go. Professor's orders," Flora twirled around the room as if she were ballroom dancing. "Besides, it'll be fun!"
I seriously doubt that, Katarina thought. "Fine…" She didn't want to say the real reason why she didn't want to go.
What if… what if Clive picked my name?